I'm a girl born in the wrong decade. I belong in the 1960s or the 1970s in my opinion. I bleed tie dye, my theme music is anything 1960s rock or 1970s rock or metal. I'm a hippie through and through. But also a hippie who loves old metal music. I believe that violence never solves anything, so why resort to it to solve problems? With all the wars the world has seen, there should be a clue somewhere in there!

Life is what happens when you are making other plans~ John Lennon
An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind~Gandhi
The time is always right to do what is right~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Trivia
-Founder of British metal band Iron Maiden
-He taught himself how to play the bass guitar
-The song "Blood Brothers" is dedicated to his father, who died while Steve was on tour with Maiden
-Current and former members of Iron Maiden refer to him as a control freak
-He is the primary songwriter for Iron Maiden

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

I never knew this was one of their songs from the 1990s. It apparently appeared on their 1990 Painkiller album. It's an overall good song and the video for it is amazing! But, then again, almost anything Judas Priest sings, I'm probably gonna listen to!!

You mesmerise slowly Till I can't believe my eyes Ecstasy controls me What you give just serves me right

Without warning you're here Like magic you appear I taste the fear

I'm so afraid But I still feed the flame

In the night Come to me You know I want your Touch of Evil In the night Please set me free I can't resist a Touch of Evil

Aroused with desire You put me in a trance A vision of fire I never had a chance

A dark angel of sin Preying deep from within Come take me in

I'm so afraid But I still feed the flame

In the night Come to me You know I want your Touch of Evil In the night Please set me free I can't resist a Touch of Evil

Arousing me now with a sense of desire Possessing my soul till my body's on fire

Trademark
-His high pitched, almost operatic singing voice which earned him the nickname "The Air Raid Siren"

-Song specific stunts, such as wearing a 19th century British Army jacket and holding a Union Jack when singing "The Trooper"

-Saying "Scream to Me" during concerts

Trivia

-Lead singer of Iron Maiden since 1982

-He joined Iron Maiden in 1981 after their original singer Paul DiAnno was fired

-One of his biggest hobbies is fencing
-One year when Bon Jovi headlined at Donnington Park, Bruce, Dee Snider and Paul Stanley sung with Bon Jovi on stage during the last song of the night. Bruce, wearing shorts with a pattern of the Union Jack (British flag for those who may not know), didn't know the words to the song being played, so he ran around with the lyrics on a piece of paper, reading them
-Has three children with his wife Paddy Bowden: Griffin Dickinson, Austin Dickinson, Kia Michelle Dickinson

-He was promoted to Captain for UK-based airline Astraeus Airlines

Him in a suit? That's something I never thought I would see :D But cool none the less

-Is a fully licensed pilot. He often flies the Iron Maiden jet, dubbed Ed Force One

How awesome is this? A metal band as legendary as Iron Maiden whose lead singer is also a pilot? Awesome!!!!

10. You would think that the people who built this building would have used Google Maps to see this building after construction. You wouldn't catch me dead anywhere near a building that resembled a swastika

11. Duck!

12. Obviously the contractors who built this building had a rough week...

13. Watch that last step...

14. A balcony with nowhere to go

15. No risk of identity theft here; even you can't see your pin number

16. This is a HIGHLY awkward situation. Most normal people like privacy when using the facilities; here there is no privacy!

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Summary
-Four boys-Michael Sullivan, John Reilly, Tommy Marcano and Lorenzo Carcaterra- live in Hell's Kitchen in 1960s New York. They run the streets like it's their own personal playground. One day, they pull a prank on an unsuspecting new hot dog vendor. While Lorenzo, the youngest and smallest, runs off with a hot dog in hand, the vendor chases him, leaving his cart unattended. The other boys push it to the edge of an open subway stairwell with the intention of letting it go. Unfortunately, a man gets hurt in the process and as a result, the four boys are sentenced to the Wilkinson Home for Boys, an upstate New York juvenile delinquents home. There the boys are systematically targeted for rape and abuse by the guards there. Two come out deadly as ever, while two try and forget the terror that occurred there

-When the characters need to send a coded message to one another, they use the name "Edmund". This is a reference to the main character, Edmund Dante, in the story The Count of Monte Cristo", which plays a heavy role in the movie
-Author Lorenzo Carcaterra claims his book is based on real life, based on an incident from his childhood. But the New York state legal community couldn't find evidence supporting the case that he and his friends were sent to a juvenile boys home and systematically raped and abused by the guards there